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The Most Dangerous Game Eval
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the protagonist of the story? | Sanger Rainsford |
| Who is the antagonist of this story? | General Zaroff |
| What is the main conflict of the story? | Man v. man |
| Rainsford and Whitney have conflicting opinions about hunting. What does Whitney believe? | Animals can feel feelings fear. |
| What does Rainsford hear that draws him too close to the ship’s rail? | gunshots/ reports |
| What character traits are revealed by Rainsford after falling overboard? | His ability to keep coolheaded and strategize |
| General Zaroff knew who Rainsford was because... | He had read a book Rainsford wrote. |
| Why doesn't it really trouble the general when Rainsford refuses so stay quiet about his island? | The general is confident in his own abilities to hunt and kill, and therefore Rainsford will be dead (Dead men tell no tales). |
| What are the rules of "the game"? | The quarry is armed with a knife. The quarry has a head start The quarry is given a supply of food. The quarry must survive for three days. |
| What is Ivan’s disadvantage? | He cannot hear or speak. |
| Why does Rainsford agree to be hunted? | To have a chance of survival. |
| Why is Rainsford filled with terror when the General smiles and turns back? | The general is playing cat and mouse, and Rainsford is the mouse. |
| What does Zaroff fear? | That he will go to pieces if hunting no longer fascinates him. |
| Zaroff doesn’t think that hunting humans is murder. How does Zaroff justify hunting humans? | Zaroff feels that weak people are put here to please the strong. |
| Why doesn’t Zaroff end the game after he finds Rainsford in the tree? | Zaroff wishes to save Rainsford for another day. |
| After Rainsford falls off the yacht and reaches land, he thinks to himself, “All he knew was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea…” What is ironic about this statement? (ironic =the opposite of what is true) | Rainsford’s true enemy is on the island. |
| General Zaroff claims, “There is no greater bore than ______.” | Perfection |
| How does Zaroff take Providence into his own hands? | He deceives sailors into thinking it is safe to use his channel. |
| What does Zaroff think Rainsford has done when Zaroff realizes Rainsford has jumped off of the cliff? | Ended his own life |
| Rainsford defines being civilized as a person that… | Treats people fairly |
| Zaroff believes that he has done his best “to preserve the amenities of civilization here. Please forgive any lapses.” Why is this ironic? (ironic =the opposite of what is true) | The General is an uncivilized person, because he hunts humans. |
| Which one of Rainsford’s traps kills Ivan? | Uganda Knife Sling |
| Zaroff offers Rainsford advice before their game begins. Why does Zaroff provide Rainsford with these helpful tips? | Zaroff wants the hunt to be challenging. |
| At the end of the story the General states that, “One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds…” What does the word repast mean? | a meal |
| What is a theme? | a message found within a story |
| The conversation between Whitney and Rainsford can be identified as which literary device? | Foreshadowing |
| According to Zaroff in order for one to be civilized, one must be… | Sophisticated |
| Who said it? “You’re a big game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how the jaguar feels?”(8). | Sanger Rainsford |
| Who said it? “I’ve read your book about hunting snow leopards in Tibet, you see” (16). | General Zaroff |
| Who said it? “I will tell you…you will be amused, I know. I think I may say in all modesty, that I have done a rare thing. I have invented a new sensation” (20). | General Zaroff |
| Who said it? “A new animal? You’re joking” (22). | Sanger Rainsford |
| Who Said it? “You have good eyes, and I’ve seen you pick off a moose moving in the brown fall brush at four hundred yards, but even you can’t see four miles or so through a moonless Caribbean night”(7). | Whitney |
| Who said it? “Hunting? Great Guns…what you speak of is murder”( 24). | Sanger Rainsford |
| Who said it? “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve”(33). | Sanger Rainsford |
| Who said it? “Even so, I rather think they understand one thing—fear. The fear of pain and death”(8). | Whitney |
| Who said it? “I am still a beast at bay” (42). | Sanger Rainsford |
| Who said it? “Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong, and, if needs be, taken by the strong. The weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong”(25). | General Zaroff |
| Literary Devices: Which literary device is being used here, “…moonless Caribbean night…It’s like moist black velvet.” | Simile |
| Literary Devices: Which literary device is being used here, “the night would be my eyelids.” | Metaphor |
| Literary Devices: Which literary device is being used here, “―the place [Ship-Trap Island] has a reputation—a bad one.”‖ | Foreshadowing |
| Literary Devices: Which literary device is being used here, “An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake…” | Simile |
| "Rainsford knew now how an animal at bay feels." This line from the story marks a change in Rainsford from how he felt about hunting at the beginning of the story. This change makes Rainsford a _____________________ character. | Dynamic |
| Why did General Zaroff believe that the animal known as “the most dangerous game” was the most fun to hunt? | Because of its ability to reason |
| Who wrote the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”? | Richard Connell |
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